Courtney and Raider came for a visit on Tuesday morning and we went to the Ironton Rail to Trail. This is one of Roxy's favorite walks because it is wooded and cool and has a stream running alongside it most of the way. After an hour Daniel woke up starving to death, so we stopped on the bridge so I could feed him and the dogs could play in the water. I forgot that when we passed by there earlier there was a duck family in the water. I walk Roxy without a leash because I trust her to listen to me. Today she ignored me completely. She jumped in the water and chased that duck for about 30 minutes, swimming in circles and down stream to the point where Courtney could no longer see her. So Courtney had to jump into the water and go after her. Roxy came back when the duck did. We weren't fast enough to grab Roxy. She kept swimming around chasing the duck until she was exhausted and Courtney could get her out of the water. We put her back on the leash and Courtney held her while she barked at the duck for another 10 minutes. Raider, on the other hand, bit a leaf that floated past him and totally ignored the duck.
Roxy barking at the duck
The duck. Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of the action - I was feeding Daniel!
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